Tag: environment
Activists charged with vandalizing Oil Ministry
Police in Oslo have filed charges against two anti-oil activists after they demonstrated in front of Norway's Oil Ministry and sprayed orange paint on...
Pressure rises to phase out Norway’s oil
Climate- and environmental advocates in Norway finally have something to cheer about, after a state commission concluded that the Norwegian government must launch a...
Norway ’embarrassed’ at the UN
Norwegian government leaders were not granted speaking time when the United Nations held its summit on climate ambitions during its annual General Assembly in...
Plastic bag sales slump
Sales of plastic bags at grocery stores have fallen by as much as 40 percent since the stores jacked up their price from NOK...
Memorial to a walrus draws visitors
It's been just over a year since an orphaned walrus who swam into the hearts of thousands of Norwegians last summer ended up being...
Bird flu threatens Norway’s wildlife
Norway's northern regions of Finnmark and Troms are battling the largest outbreak of bird flu ever seen in the country. More than 10,000 dead...
Cruise crackdown gets underway
Thousands of tourists were once again streaming off a large cruise ship in Oslo on Tuesday, but no longer from prime berthing space in...
State snubs Sami again, protests loom
The Norwegian government has once again snubbed and angered the country's indigenous Sami population, by dragging out any program to reduce or remove wind...
No plans to take down turbines
A majority of Trøndelag residents want to let controversial wind turbines in the Fosen area keep operating, but only if the rights of Sami...
Wind turbines’ future still up in the air
Sami and environmental activists ended their blockades of several Norwegian government ministries on Friday, after securing official promises that huge turbines generating wind power...
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